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    grasping
    /ˈɡrɑːspɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. avaricious; greedy: "they were regarded as grasping landlords"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGRASPING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    GRASPING definition: 1. (of people) always trying to get and keep more of something, especially money: 2. (of people…. Learn more.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGRASP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    • Hold
    • Grasp the points
    • Firm grasp
    • Keep falling
    • Hard understand

    Rosie suddenly grasped my hand. Can you hold this for a moment? He reached out to clasp her hand. The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand. Silent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand. One little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy. The child was hanging on to her mother's skirt. We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties ...

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    I think I managed to grasp the main points of the lecture, but government has failed to grasp scale of homelessness problem as it is acknowledged as a problem by them .

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    He shook my hand with a very firm grip and presidency at last looked within reach but success always beyond his reach sometimes he thinks that he is losing his grip on reality .

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    [ T ] I grasped his arm to keep from falling .

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    It was hard full partnership seemed possible within reach but difficult what professor getting at .

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  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › graspingGrasping Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GRASPING is used, designed, or adapted to grasp. How to use grasping in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Grasping.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › graspingGRASPING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Grasping definition: greedy; avaricious. See examples of GRASPING used in a sentence.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › graspingGRASPING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Definition of 'grasping' grasping. (grɑːspɪŋ , græsp- ) adjective. If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it. [disapproval] ...a greedy grasping individual. They were grasping and manipulative.

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › graspGRASP Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. the act of grasping or gripping, as with the hands or arms: to make a grasp at something. a hold or grip: to have a firm grasp of a rope. one's arms or hands, in embracing or gripping: He took her in his grasp. one's power of seizing and holding; reach: to have a thing within one's grasp.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english-word › graspingGRASPING - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    If you describe someone as grasping, you are criticizing them for wanting to get and keep as much money as possible, and for being unwilling to spend it.

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